Effect of heparin on prevention of flap loss in microsurgical free flap transfer: a meta-analysis.

The effectiveness of heparin for thromboprophylaxis during microvascular free flap transfer is uncertain. The purpose of this meta-analysis was to determine the effect of heparin on the prevention of flap loss in microsurgical free flap transfer.A search of PubMed, Cochrane databases, and Google Scholar using combinations of the search terms heparin, free flap, flap loss, free tissue transfer was conducted on March 15, 2013.

[Influence of recombinant human growth hormone on body fluid compartments and water-sodium retention in severe burn patients].

Objective: To investigate the influence of recombinant human growth hormone (rhGH) on body fluid compartments and water-sodium retention in severe burn patients.

Methods: Thirty adult patients with severe burn were divided into treatment (T) and control (C) groups by block randomized design. Patients in both groups were subcutaneously injected with same amount of rhGH (12 IU/d) or isotonic saline during 7 - 21 post burn day (PBD).

[Postoperative electron beam irradiation therapy for keloid:a follow-up study of 48 patients].

Objective: To explore the effectiveness of postoperative electron beam irradiation therapy for keloid.

Methods: Forty-eight patients with 65 keloid sites were treated by surgical removal and postoperative 25 Gy electron beam irradiation from 1994 to 2002 and followed for over eighteen months. Statistical analysis was performed and therapeutic outcome was evaluated.